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Brandon Harris
From May 2010 until November 2014, I was an employee of the
Wikimedia Foundation
. My title was "Senior Designer." My user account (now locked) was
Jorm (WMF)
I am (mostly) findable and am still willing to help you in whatever way I can.
I can be emailed at brandon
kingofnovember.com
Foundation Works
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While at the Foundation, I worked on:
Speaking Engagements
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Wikimania 2014:
State of the Wiki
, featured speaker
Wikimania 2014:
The Athena Project: Where are We?
Wikimania 2014:
Virtual Community Roundtable
, panelist
Wikimania 2014:
The Athena Project: Where are We?
, speaker
Wikimania 2013:
Flow: The future of collaboration
, speaker
Wikimania 2013:
Presentation clinic
, presenter
Open Source Bridge 2013:
The "Oh Shit" Graph: What We Can Learn From Wikipedia's Editor Decline Trend
, speaker
Wikimania 2012:
The Athena Project: Wikipedia in 2015
, speaker
Wikimania 2012:
Blacking out Wikipedia
, panelist
Wikimania 2012:
Engaging editors on Wikipedia: A roadmap of new features
, panelist
Wikimania 2012:
Engage or Persish
, panelist
Open Source Bridge 2012:
Identity, Reputation and Gratitude: Designing for a Community
, speaker
Wikimania 2011:
Identity, Reputation, and Gratitude
, speaker
Wikimania 2011:
Encouraging Participation in Wikimedia Projects
, speaker
Projects
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Winter
- a
Beta Feature
that applies several changes to the default interface (Vector), including a sticky header and modified interactions
Prototype
- built a functional, interactive prototype
Flow
- a radical re-thinking of discussion and workflow management for MediaWiki sites
Prototype
- built a functional, interactive prototype
- improvements and rethinking of MediaWiki search system
SecurePoll Redesign
- making the SecurePoll extension more usable and less error-prone
Wikimedia Tool Labs
- a redesign of the Tool Labs interface
Designed the blackout screen for
the 2012 English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout
Served on a banner
for the 2011 Wikimedia fundraiser, as "Wikipedia Programmer Brandon Harris"
Also did a
Reddit "Ask Me Anything"
as part of this
An essay about Collaborative Systems
Athena
- a "universal" skin for Wikipedia, designed to work on mobile, tablet, and desktop resolutions and capabilities.
Glaucus
- a mobile-focused, intermediate step towards Athena.
Echo
- a notifications system.
New Editor Engagement
(formerly
-1 to 100
) - a master project working on editor retention.
Article Creation Landing System
- a modified workflow for article creation
Mark as Helpful
- working towards 360 degree feedback.
New Page Triage
- a tool to make the process of New Page Patrol better
Article Creation Workflow
- various fixes to make article creation better and saner
Reference Tooltips
- a simple change to make viewing references easier
Timestamp Position Modification
- trying to make the documents appear more alive
MoodBar
- a tool designed to encourage new user feedback.
Feedback Dashboard
- a tool to view and respond to new user feedback (sent via MoodBar)
WikiLove
- a small tool for awarding "WikiLove"
Quick Comments
- a small feature designed to make it easier to leave messages for users
Global Profile
- a system designed to ease difficulty for page patrol, reduce "bite", and encourage identity within the projects
Interlanguage Design Pass
2011 Q2 UploadWizard Design Pass
LiquidThreads redesign
- a rethinking on collaborative systems
Personal Image Filter proposal
- a board proposal concerning controversial content
MediaWiki Style Guide
- A discontinued work regarding MediaWiki interface consistency (replaced by
Agora
Article Feedback Tool, Phase 1
- Phase one of the Article Feedback Tool
Article Feedback Tool, Phase 2
- Phase 2 of the Article Feedback Tool. (Design was modified heavily during implementation).
Account Creation workflows
(includes some visual design)
Pending Changes Design Modifications
- Some usability enhancements for Pending Changes (not all were implemented)
The MediaWiki installer
TradeTrack
- a tool for WMF trademark management
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